First published 2025
Stella Hudson breaks her own rules when she takes on nine-year-old Rose Barclay as a client. Rose witnessed her nanny fall to her death and hasn't spoken since. The girl's parents are locked in a vicious divorce battle, and someone in the family may be a murderer. Stella enters the Barclay mansion in Washington DC, a strange house built entirely without glass. The golden family facade crumbles quickly. Rose collects sharp objects. Her parents wage war through lawyers. The grandmother harbors secrets. Even the dead nanny's boyfriend becomes a suspect. Stella must determine who deserves custody of Rose, but first she needs to figure out who can be trusted. The mother could have killed the nanny. So could the father. Rose herself might be dangerous. As Stella digs deeper into the family's lies, someone targets her. Her traumatic past collides with this twisted case. The person she's meant to protect may be the one she should fear most.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Barclay Mansion, Washington DC
352 pages · Paperback · Orion
Content warnings: child-abuse, domestic-violence, murder